During Thursday’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting, Krolicki honored former Commission member Sue Wagner, who died last week at the age of 86. She was the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor of Nevada. She survived a 1990 plane crash that ended her political career, but served on the Commission for 12 years from 1997 to 2009.
“Last week we lost one of the great daughters of Nevada,” Krolicki said.
Krolicki said what happened to Wagner led to his public service, where he served as lieutenant governor.
“The accident and injuries she suffered impaired her public service for the rest of her days,” Krolicki said. “I really believe she would have been governor. We talk about the empowerment of women and leadership and fierceness of policy and faith and doing what’s right and ethical. She was that champion.”
